Winston's Coming Of Age-Personal Narrative

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It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith to wind, tightening the neck, and quickly slipped into the glass doors of victory building, but not fast enough, hasn't been able to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering followed him the door.
The hall has a smell of boiled cabbage and old rag MATS. The end of the hallway has a color poster pinned to the wall, a little too large for indoor display.
Painting is a big face, more than a metre wide: this is a man of about forty-five face, thick black beard, rugged handsome facial lines. Winston goes to the stairs. Don't have to try the elevator. Not even the most successful, is seldom open, and now the day without electricity. This is held in preparation

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